The Gospels across their earliest witnesses, and the tradition they carried forward
Hover any Greek or Syriac word for phonetic transliteration.
Six manuscript witness columns span the table; their descent flows into the timeline below.
| Greek Papyri | Alexandrian | Western | Latin | Syriac | Byzantine | ||||||||||||
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Earliest Papyri c. 125–250 CE · Greek TAGNT | Vaticanus c. 325 CE · Greek TAGNT | Bezae c. 400 CE · Greek Latin | Vulgate c. 400 CE · Latin Whitaker | Peshitta c. 400–450 CE · Syriac PayneSmith | Byzantine c. 5th–9th c. · Greek TAGNT | ||||||||||||
τινεσP45 · P66 · P75 | Some | τινὲς | Some | τινες | | | quidam | Quidam | Some | ܐܢܫܝܢ | Some | Τινὲς | Some | |||||
δεP45 · P66 · P75 | however | δὲ | however | δε | | | autem | autem | however | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | however | |||||
εξP45 · P66 · P75 | of | ἐξ | of | εξ | | | ex | ex | of | ܡܢܗܘܢ | of | ἐξ | of | |||||
αυτωνP45 · P66 · P75 | them | αὐτῶν | them | — | | | ipsis | ipsis | them | ܐܡܪܘ | them | αὐτῶν | them | |||||
εἶπαν·P45 · P66 · P75 | said; | εἶπαν· | said; | — | | | dixerunt | dixerunt | said; | ܠܐ | said; | εἶπον | said; | |||||
οὐκP45 · P66 · P75 | Surely | οὐκ | Surely | ουκ | | | non | Non | Surely | ܡܫܟܚ | Surely | Οὐκ | Surely | |||||
ἐδύνατοP45 · P66 · P75 | was able | ἐδύνατο | was able | εδυνατο | | | poterat | poterat | was able | ܗܘܐ | was able | ἠδύνατο | was able | |||||
οὗτοςP45 · P66 · P75 | this man | οὗτος | this man | ουτος | | | hic | hic | this man | ܗܢܐ | this man | οὗτος | this man | |||||
ὁP45 · P66 · P75 | who | ὁ | who | ο | | | moreretur | — | — | — | — | ὁ | who | |||||
ἀνοίξαςP45 · P66 · P75 | having opened | ἀνοίξας | having opened | — | | | qui | qui | having opened | ܕܦܬܚ | having opened | ἀνοίξας | having opened | |||||
τοὺςP45 · P66 · P75 | the | τοὺς | the | τους | | | caeci | — | — | — | — | τοὺς | the | |||||
ὀφθαλμοὺςP45 · P66 · P75 | eyes | ὀφθαλμοὺς | eyes | οφθαλμους | | | aperuit | aperuit | eyes | ܥܝܢܘܗܝ | eyes | ὀφθαλμοὺς | eyes | |||||
τοῦP45 · P66 · P75 | of the | τοῦ | of the | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the | |||||
τυφλοῦP45 · P66 · P75 | blind | τυφλοῦ | blind | τυφλου | | | oculos | oculos | blind | ܕܗܘ | blind | τυφλοῦ | blind | |||||
ποιῆσαιP45 · P66 · P75 | to have caused | ποιῆσαι | to have caused | ποιησαι | | | — | cæci | to have caused | ܤܡܝܐ | to have caused | ποιῆσαι | to have caused | |||||
ἵναP45 · P66 · P75 | that | ἵνα | that | ϊνα | | | et | nati | that | ܢܥܒܕ | that | ἵνα | that | |||||
καὶP45 · P66 · P75 | also | καὶ | also | και | | | facere | facere | also | ܕܐܦ | also | καὶ | also | |||||
οὗτοςP45 · P66 · P75 | this one | οὗτος | this one | ουτος | | | ut | ut | this one | ܗܢܐ | this one | οὗτος | this one | |||||
μὴP45 · P66 · P75 | not | μὴ | not | μη | | | hic | hic | not | ܠܐ | not | μὴ | not | |||||
ἀποθάνῃ;¶P45 · P66 · P75 | may have died? | ἀποθάνῃ;¶ | may have died? | αποθανη | | | non | non | may have died? | ܢܡܘܬ | may have died? | ἀποθάνῃ | may have died? | |||||
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